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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. Immudb vs. jBASE vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HyperSQL vs. Immudb vs. jBASE vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBAn open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.24
Rank#305  Overall
#43  Key-value stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orghsqldb.orggithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseterminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmldocs.immudb.iodocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9terminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCodenotaryRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20142001202019912018
Current release2.7.2, June 20231.2.3, April 20225.711.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaGoProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like syntaxEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLnoyesyes
Triggersyesyesnoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole-based access control

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